SNIPE SHOOTING 



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the weird uncertainty about it that some writers have 

 discovered. No doubt an easy explanation of the diffi- 

 cult shooting is found in the manner in which the 

 shooter handles his gun rather than in the manner of 

 the snipe's flight. 



When snipe are in great abundance, and can be 

 bagged with little effort by walking them up, the 

 sportsman soon tires of the sport. It is too easy then 

 to be considered sport. On the other hand, when they 

 are scarce, wild, and will not lie to a dog, it is too 

 difficult and uncertain. The dog is eliminated then 

 as a factor, and the shooting is largely a matter of 

 taking chances. When the happy medium is found, 

 the birds being neither too wild nor too tame, it is 

 excellent sport indeed, though in Louisiana I noted 

 that where there was an abundance of both snipe and 

 quail the sportsman quickly tired of snipe shooting and 

 gave quail the preference. 



